====== RIP ======
Around 1992, I was contacted by the creators of the RIPscrip protocol (TeleGrafix was the company name, but I just knew them as "Jeff and Jim"). They had already "ripped" their own MajorBBS system and they gave me a demo using their custom terminal program, RIPterm. They wanted to help me to do the same with Synchronet. I met with them and gave them a tour of the Synchronet menuing system. After a week or so, they gave me the files (icons and RIP files) to include in Synchronet distributions. I added some auto-RIP detection and automatic ''.RIP'' menu file display and Synchronet v1b01 was the first BBS software to "ship" with built-in RIP support in January 1993.

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So the Digital Dynamics crew got excited about RIP for a while and imagined the possibilities of a modernized/graphical user interface for BBSes everywhere. That never really transpired. But it was a good platform for artists who could adapt to RIP's vector/EGA-centric format and funky fonts.

===== Examples =====

Here are some pieces of RIP art, from Dave McNeall, circa 1993 (converted to PNG format using PabloDraw):

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===== See Also =====
  * [[:history:museum:|history:museum index]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzgUSGzqFdk|Video demo of a "modern" ripped PCBoard BBS using RIPtel]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ydkoaRqcus|Rocking RIP Galleries featuring over 100 Rip art graphics [Quick Version]]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z202UuTrDfQ|Relax and Chill Jazz Lounge and RIP Art Galleries]]
  * [[https://tedium.co/2020/07/21/bbs-graphics-history-ripscrip-naplps/|Article: Web the RIPper]]

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